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Re: New Go Proverbs thread

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:34 pm
by wessanenoctupus
my old sig used to say baduk is cruel to its lovers, but i think as a proverb would be.....


Baduk is cruel to her lovers' lovers

Re: New Go Proverbs thread

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:04 am
by Saurus
Proverb on sacrifice:

"It is always better to sacrifice your opponent's stones."

Re: New Go Proverbs thread

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 1:12 pm
by Mosdefgo
Saurus wrote:Proverb on sacrifice:

"It is always better to sacrifice your opponent's stones."


I like this one. :D

As for the other thing, of course I was joking. :)

Re: New Go Proverbs thread

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:35 pm
by judicata
Mosdefgo wrote:You're not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.


Sometimes it is better just to leave the aji, no?

Re: New Go Proverbs thread

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:51 pm
by Dusk Eagle
judicata wrote:
Mosdefgo wrote:You're not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.


Sometimes it is better just to leave the aji, no?

Oui Oui.

Re: New Go Proverbs thread

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:17 pm
by Chew Terr
Dusk Eagle wrote:
judicata wrote:
Mosdefgo wrote:You're not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.


Sometimes it is better just to leave the aji, no?

Oui Oui.


Let's just translate Mosdef's quote as meaning something more like 'Don't forget the aji of your "doomed" stones'. His words just sound prettier.

Re: New Go Proverbs thread

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:07 pm
by shapenaji
For Harlequin:

For who it may conceirn, If You're group losses it's liberteis, its daedd.

Translation: Putting the right stones in the wrong places will piss your opponent off

EDIT: And isn't it ironic that stones sometimes die, right as they're about to live?

Re: New Go Proverbs thread

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:12 am
by SpongeBob
I like this one a lot from most-respected-forum-key-player Araban:

'I think I've played enough games to realize that underestimation is the key ingredient to disaster.'

I have to constantly remind myself of this when playing someone with a lower rank.

(Any spelling or grammar mistakes in my post?)

Re: New Go Proverbs thread

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:36 am
by Violence
Don't forget to spend time making your groups stronger.

Dragons are only killed by the strong.

Re: New Go Proverbs thread

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:10 am
by Harleqin
SpongeBob wrote:I like this one a lot from most-respected-forum-key-player Araban:

'I think I've played enough games to realize that underestimation is the key ingredient to disaster.'

I have to constantly remind myself of this when playing someone with a lower rank.

(Any spelling or grammar mistakes in my post?)


No, except perhaps for the colloquial omission of a predicate in the question. ;-)

(The above is a sentence fragment, which is acceptable as an answer to a direct question.)

Re: New Go Proverbs thread

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:57 am
by Mosdefgo
Violence wrote:Dragons are only killed by the strong.


I think this one sounds pretty cool.
We should all write a book! This is gold! :roll: